Historical Preservationist Gifts

"Great for worship then! Great for retail now!"

The Kitchen area of a Whitechapel Boarding House

Sign: 'Welcome to Fernbanks. Beneath our quaint Norman Rockwell-ish exterior beats a big-box chain store heart, ready to sell out at the drop of a hat.'

Newspaper suicide.

"That newspaper has been showing up ever since you started reading the news online. I think it feels betrayed."

'Forget what?'

"I hope you're not using any of the canned food I so diligently stockpiled.

"Gunther's years ahead of his time."

Inventor of the Tudor spirit-level

'Anti-Graffito' worker about to erase hieroglyphics.

"Someday, son, all this will be yours. It'll be under water, but still ..."

"Our hobby is finding old, run-down Victorian houses and levelling them."

“It’s a pre-war building, but you’ll see they’ve kept most of the details.”

Title page from 'The Scouring of the White Horse'.

Alderman shocked at a proposal to pull down Temple Bar

Pasadena Playhouse War

Scot country dancing,

Building in the countryside

"Dear God, no! Not her first edition of 'Franny and Zooey'! You've ruined us!!"

You were warned about mixed marriages!

Dexter Flynn, Taxidermy Attorney.

Archeological find in the Myanmar jungle.

Soldier in medieval battle says: 'Oi, take it easy! This is an English Heritage site.'

"Doesn't it worry you being such a philistine?"

"This year has been a disaster. But, my breaking point was when Apple TV+ hijacked 'It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,' away from network television."

'Nowadays kiddo, we just need to herd the sheep, but my grandfather had to protect them from wolves!'

Always Remember Their Sacrifice. . .

Keeper giving Lords best position for shooting

oh no - here comes the national trust again...

'It's mine and you can't have it.' Morris was finding it more difficult than most to adjust to the concept of a 'paperless' office.'

" ...and this is the armor of my ancestor, 'Cederick the Unintimidating.'"

"How I deplore this senseless destruction of our historic landmarks!"

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Demolition, All Types of Architecture Got Rid Of

Dalai Lama.